Topband: High and low angles

[Rick Karlquist]

I have a very low horizon (maybe 1 or 2 degrees) but
K6SE/lake nearly always beats me 1 on 1 in a pileup,
with my 90 ft vertical.  I am 300 miles north of the lake.

Rick N6RK


Earl W Cunningham said:

> My ballon vertical QTH on a salt lake bed is in a valley surrounded by
> mountains.  With the soil conductivity there, the angle of max radiation
> is less than 7 degrees.  However, the vertical lobe doesn't end there --
> there's plenty of RF at higher angles than 7 degrees.  The vertical there
> has always been a contender in the contests on 160m.